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Covered by EPLI? Better think again

BoyarMiller
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USA
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September 30 2011

Many employers purchase an insurance product known as Employers Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) for coverage in the event they are sued for different types of employment claims such as harassment, discrimination and retaliation

EEOC scrutinizes criminal background checks

BoyarMiller
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USA
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August 30 2011

In the past few years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has renewed its focus on the hiring process, including Title VII protections for ex-convicts

Employers may have to add to the list of those protected from discrimination: the unemployed

BoyarMiller
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USA
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August 29 2011

Most employers are aware that they may not discriminate against job applicants on the basis of their race, sex, national origin, religion, disability, veteran status, etc, etc

All employers now required to post notice of employees' unionization rights

BoyarMiller
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USA
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August 26 2011

On August 25, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule that requires all employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by November 14, 2011

You're fired! Insubordination still legitimate reason for terminations

BoyarMiller
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USA
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August 22 2011

You hire a new employee with great hopes of a long lasting and productive relationship

Religious discrimination claims rise

BoyarMiller
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USA
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August 15 2011

Several months after the 911 attacks, Alamo Car Rental fired one of its customer service representatives, a Muslim woman who refused to remove her head scarf during Islam's holy month of Ramadan

Another reason to classify your employeesindependent contractors correctly

BoyarMiller
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USA
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July 25 2011

The essence of any lawsuit seeking an injunction to enforce a non-competition agreement is breach of contract

Social media harassment?

BoyarMiller
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USA
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July 18 2011

The explosion of social media is no longer a headline grabbing phenomenon

NLRBb again flexes its muscle

BoyarMiller
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USA
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June 25 2011

While the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is seemingly dead, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is still seeking to implement parts of the Act through administrative fiat

Dukes not so hazardous after all

BoyarMiller
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USA
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June 24 2011

As an update to our blog posting on April 6, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that a district court improperly certified a nationwide class of female employees of Wal-Mart who were claiming sex discrimination in the company's pay and promotion practices